Jane Wyngaard, Ph.D

Keeping it short, I started in mechatronics, fell into microprocessor design for High Performance Computing (HPC) via FPGAs, and am now working in BigData software for science.

Having hung around in the grey area between hardware and software, and the "pale green"(?) area between science and engineering, for 10+ years now I'm still doing a bit of each and everything in between. Currently I'm using it all to combine the emerging tech of UASs (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) and IOT infrastructure, with BigData and HPC tools (because sensor small data grows up and wants standards and analytics surprisingly fast), to create and enable new mechanisms for science data capture and management.

I think all things open-source (hardware and software), everything embedded, and anything adding practically useful value to humanity, is cool engineering. Finally South Africa is home - and it rocks, see background pictures - but I'm currently having fun and learning loads as a PostDoc in Pasadena California USA (Funded by University of Southern California, Based at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

“It’s not about not reinventing the wheel, it’s about open sourcing the wheel.”- Marcin Jakubowski Source